Mark Larson
@marklarson.bsky.social
Author of “Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater” and “Working in the 21st Century: An Oral History.” Currently working on a book-length conversation with Broadway composer John Kander (“Chicago”, “Cabaret”, New York New York” and many others)
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ONE IF BY LAND
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
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TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
ONE IF BY LAND
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
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We wouldn’t be here if SCOTUS had allowed the January 6th trial to go forward as scheduled.
April 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
We wouldn’t be here if SCOTUS had allowed the January 6th trial to go forward as scheduled.
IN CHICAGO
Daley Plaza
12-2pm
Daley Plaza
12-2pm
April 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
IN CHICAGO
Daley Plaza
12-2pm
Daley Plaza
12-2pm
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Citizens United, which allowed unlimited corporate, interest-group, and individual spending on elections, triggered plenty of dire predictions. But even the most pessimistic among them fell short of imagining American reality today. ICYMI @jilldlawrence.bsky.social:
The Road from ‘Citizens United’ to Trump, Musk, and Corruption
A ‘naïve’ Supreme Court delivered lawless greed and cruelty. We’ll have to save ourselves, if we can.
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March 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Citizens United, which allowed unlimited corporate, interest-group, and individual spending on elections, triggered plenty of dire predictions. But even the most pessimistic among them fell short of imagining American reality today. ICYMI @jilldlawrence.bsky.social:
Last night, after a wonderful dinner with three friends, including one who joined us remotely from Mexico, at Bill and Bernardine's, Bill handed us this card as we were leaving. I want both to keep it close and pass it on.
March 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Last night, after a wonderful dinner with three friends, including one who joined us remotely from Mexico, at Bill and Bernardine's, Bill handed us this card as we were leaving. I want both to keep it close and pass it on.
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"'Working in the 21st Century' is a worthy successor to [Studs] Terkel’s seminal book ['Working']. As with the original, a soulfulness is palpable in every story, marking each interviewee as both special and ordinary."
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Inside the lives of everyday workers
Mark Larson’s collection of soulful interviews is a worthy successor to Studs Terkel’s 1974 classic...
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February 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"'Working in the 21st Century' is a worthy successor to [Studs] Terkel’s seminal book ['Working']. As with the original, a soulfulness is palpable in every story, marking each interviewee as both special and ordinary."
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At today's briefing, WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who has banned the AP from covering Presidential events, was bragging about the success of Trump's anti-immigration efforts by citing a report from... the AP.
She then went on to brag about a Judge refusing to block her banning of the AP.
She then went on to brag about a Judge refusing to block her banning of the AP.
February 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
At today's briefing, WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who has banned the AP from covering Presidential events, was bragging about the success of Trump's anti-immigration efforts by citing a report from... the AP.
She then went on to brag about a Judge refusing to block her banning of the AP.
She then went on to brag about a Judge refusing to block her banning of the AP.
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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
February 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
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Democrats? Republicans? Helloooo?
February 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Democrats? Republicans? Helloooo?
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It is hard to imagine someone more disqualified to run our intelligence agencies than Tulsi Gabbard.
February 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It is hard to imagine someone more disqualified to run our intelligence agencies than Tulsi Gabbard.
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Bernie Sanders: "For Mr. Musk and his fellow oligarchs, the needs, the concerns, the pain, the ideas, and dreams of ordinary people are simply an impediment to what they the oligarchs are entitled to. And that is really what they believe -- they are entitled to all the wealth and power they have."
February 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Bernie Sanders: "For Mr. Musk and his fellow oligarchs, the needs, the concerns, the pain, the ideas, and dreams of ordinary people are simply an impediment to what they the oligarchs are entitled to. And that is really what they believe -- they are entitled to all the wealth and power they have."
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February 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I don’t know the word, either, but we’re certainly going to need one.
February 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I don’t know the word, either, but we’re certainly going to need one.
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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
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Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
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February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
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The places we’re pulling foreign aide dollars from now are the places we’ll be forced to send American soldiers to risk their lives in ten years.
Freezing foreign aide and closing the refugee program is WAY beyond “prioritizing Americans” and much more like saying “only Americans count as humans.”
And don’t tell me we can’t afford those programs when we’re about to cut taxes for the wealthy and raise them on workers.
And don’t tell me we can’t afford those programs when we’re about to cut taxes for the wealthy and raise them on workers.
February 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The places we’re pulling foreign aide dollars from now are the places we’ll be forced to send American soldiers to risk their lives in ten years.
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February 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
'They will not break us': Chicago becomes an epicenter of resistance amid Trump's immigration crackdown www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/02/c...
‘They will not break us’: Chicago becomes an epicenter of resistance amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
As President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown grips the Chicago area in fear, a burgeoning resistance movement has also emerged here to challenge — as well as evade — immigration enforcement.…
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February 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
'They will not break us': Chicago becomes an epicenter of resistance amid Trump's immigration crackdown www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/02/c...
"A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself."
–– Maya Angelou
#BlackHistoryMonth
–– Maya Angelou
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself."
–– Maya Angelou
#BlackHistoryMonth
–– Maya Angelou
#BlackHistoryMonth